View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Preservation of Oligarchies.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Unarmed and lightly armed combat is typically the preserve of whom, according to Aristotle?
(a) The poor.
(b) The young men.
(c) The middle-class.
(d) The women.

2. Aristotle says that women are taught to endure and dish out what, in their families, homes, and with other women?
(a) Mastery.
(b) Obedience.
(c) Despotism.
(d) Tyranny.

3. Aristotle believes that a social safety net is necessary to provide relief but is not meant as a substitute for what?
(a) Family.
(b) Working hard.
(c) Saving.
(d) Employment.

4. Legals structures, like constitutions, are starting points for what?
(a) Deciding who rules.
(b) Definition of citizenship.
(c) Laws that govern a state.
(d) Justice.

5. Aristotle says that there can be problems when more of the citizens are attracted to profit than to what?
(a) Honor.
(b) People.
(c) Politics.
(d) Desire.

Short Answer Questions

1. Aristotle says that those who write constitutions are statesmen, philosophers and what?

2. In an oligarchy, Aristotle believes that there are normally what type of requirements on citizenship privileges?

3. Aristotle says that a government will have problems when more of its people are interested in profit than in what?

4. Aristotle says that some oligarchies can progress to what?

5. Aristotle believes that in most societies, there is numerically more of what type of citizens than any other?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 216 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample